A complex speciation-richness relationship in a simple neutral model

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1781-1790

  Desjardins Proulx, Philippe ^a,b   Gravel, Dominique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^b University of Illinois at Chicago   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Isolation; Networks; Neutral ecology; Speciation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880396826     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.292     Document Type: Article

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